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Picked up this pack

at the KB Toys Outlet in Conroe, TX for $2.98 this weekend.

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So my friend and I went to 2 comic stores tonight. Downtown Houston

Yep, there aren't any great shops in Houston. I used to shop at Bedrock. Had a folder, spent a good deal of money there. I had minimates on my pull list. I came in one day to pick up my comics and stuff and they were having one of their big twice a year sales. Toys were 50% off or something. So I've got minimates that came out that week with my comics and they won't give me the sale price because "they were held". I could understand if they were the only ones left in the store (meaning me having them held kept them from someone else who got there earlier) but there were at least three of each sitting on the counter. I told them, fine, I'll take those on the counter that you didn't hold then. That didn't fly; so I let them keep them. I thought it was ridiculous to shaft the regular weekly customer but let any other person get a deal. Decided to order stuff online after that.

Baton Rouge only has three options that I know of, and the only one I ever really go to (i.e. the one that gets Minimates) is called "School of Comics." If any of you are passing through, despite the fact that its quaint, you could do worse. Friendly people tend to work here, though like all comic shops, the prices tend to be a little high.

My BSG wave came from there at $6.99 a pop. I thought that was a decent price.

I remember that guy in the wheelchair was running another comic store when I was much younger. . .

Mr. Carl! He was an ornery old cuss. I never had so much fun being insulted. lol

That other store was probably the other BSI they had (on Westfield or something like that. It was right off of Clearview.)

In terms of those kinds of things, the place to go in Baton Rouge is this shop on Sherwood Forest (not far off of the I-12 exit). Can't remember the name of it,

Louisiana Double Play.

There was a place off Oak Street in Uptown, but Katrina took care of that. Supposedly, there is a new place opeing/opened called More Fun Comics, but I must admit, I've not been by.

The shop on Oak St (corner of Dublin if I remember right) pre-Katrina was More Fun Comics. Are you saying someone opened a new shop with the old name?

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I got mine yesterday - Free Comic Book Day mate. My wife got the Retailer Summit a couple weeks back. Very cool because we didn't have either yet. Our reciepts were mailed the week after the announcement and another week and half after that, both to the original address, so don't give up hope yet if you haven't gotten yours.

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The great thing about the BSG minimates at FYE is that the UPCs are in the computer system individually. This means if you can get a helpful employee on the phone you can give them the UPC, they can enter it in the system and tell you if they have a certain pack. They may be able to crosscheck other stores as well. This should make finding the variant easier.

The variant is listed as follows:

Cylon & Shelley Godfrey

699788260043

Hope that helps!

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What's the variant going for in your areas guys?

Reason I ask is I saw one for $19.99 at a shop and passed as it seemed high.

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Great find! It looks like they also carry a few others types and sizes, some with tabs to lock together better if that is a concern.

Link to range of cases

I pretty sure all Targets will have salvaged them by now. I picked 1 up about a week ago and it was no longer in the system which means it went to lowest markdown and was supposed to be pulled from the shelf. I'm not sure about this, but I've heard salvage stuff goes to places like Goodwill sometimes.

There are some on eBay, though. Some sellers even have multiples.

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Thanks for posting! I called a local FYE (Katy Mills Mall if anyone here is in the Houston area) and gave them the UPC number. They were able to pull it up in their computer and tell me they had 8 in stock! I picked mine up this evening :biggrin:

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If it's not too much trouble, could someone who has bought this post the sku or upc (or whatever type of number-string-code thingie FYE/Suncoast uses) from their receipt? Might be a boon for hunting this pack down.

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Is there a checklist for Palz anywhere? I've been on a binge picking these up lately and I'm just wondering how many are left for me to get. thx!

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